The Department of Applied Mathematics has 30 faculty members and over 100 graduate students. We offer undergraduate plans in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics that attract outstanding students. The wide range of interdisciplinary research being undertaken in the department provides a stimulating environment for our graduate program.
The department has research programs in
- Control and Dynamical Systems (including differential equations)
- Fluid Mechanics
- Mathematical Medicine and Biology
- Mathematical Physics
- Scientific Computing
News
Applied mathematicians use AI to analyze tweets debating vaccination and climate change
Chris Bauch is part of a research team using artificial intelligence to analyze sentiment and interaction about contentious topics in social media.
Applied mathematics team developing AI to predict virus mutations

Applied mathematics professor Chris Bauch releases new paper on AI and tipping points

Chris Bauch, an applied mathematics professor and University Research Chair, recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on new research related to a deep learning algorithm capable of detecting and predicting tipping points.
Events
PhD Thesis Defence | Tales Rick Perche, The Information Locally Stored in Quantum Fields: From Entanglement to Gravity
QNC 2101
Applied Math Colloquium | Masayuki Yano, Model reduction for transonic aerodynamics: nonlinear approximation, error estimation, and adaptation
MC 5501
PhD Thesis Defence | Yusuf Aydogdu, Reduced-Order Modeling and Data Assimilation of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation
MC 5501